Why Do People First Buy Mantic?

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**MisterMoon**

I want to build a Dwarf army, and it's GW prices which are leading me to Mantic minis... I do have a few questions.

People have noticed a slight scale difference. How noticeable is this? I was planning on using GW minis that I have from the battalion as front rank with their detail, but I don't want them to look too different from the Mantic minis.

How similar are they equipped for the sake of wysiwyg?

**MisterMoon**

darkPrince010 wrote:
Whoooo....

Well, the weapons are probably similar, and from what I remember from the sprue I got, there should be enough gubbinz and bitz to approximate any items you might need.

But as for the scale, the Mantic dwarves are about 50% taller if not more, approximately a head shorter than a GW Empire/Brettonian human but just as wide as a GW dwarf. The models look fantastic, but I have a strong suspicion it would be very visually jarring to see them mixed in a unit like that.

There's a slight height bump in the mantic line, but it's no where near 50%...

http://brimstone-abyss.blogspot.com/2011/09/dwarf-comparison.html